i’ve been dreaming such a long time and i’ve been waiting for the sunshine but all my friends they say i’m getting by with sleeping in they say i’m sleeping in

you know whenever i try i want to get it right but i distract my focus and blur my own sight ‘cause i’ve convinced myself that my best can only come in the moonlight and i keep sleeping in i keep on sleeping in and missing something

(close your eyes before the daylight breaks)

there are things about me i just can’t ignore i know i want to change and i see that door on the other side daylight decides there will be war with sleeping in oh, i know they’ll be no more sleeping in

i wait, i wait, i wait only in jest i wait, i wait, i wait with no need to rest i wait “the day, the day, the day will come again,” i say a ray of light can only get in if i say i’ve been putting off this purification a rebirth and a regeneration inside of me and i’ve been saying “no” for far too long even though something brand new is coming out of me

i’m going to wake up, wake up every morning and then decide i’m going to wake up, wake up every morning and make it mine rain or shine

i wake, i wake, i wake and greet the day the light is on the change is made i can see my way the day, the day, this day has come again each ray of light will make its way into the core of me i always knew that i was missing something i know this time that i will leave nothing up to chance and in the wake of this brand new day i see the light and i feel the sun and i’ll do it all again tomorrow